Theresa Partington wrote April 12, 2007 3:00 AM
I recently read an analysis of this remedy that went beyond abscesses and
Dear Theresa,
This could be it.
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International Hahnemannian Association (Int_Hahn_Ass) 1911
Bureau of materia medica
Hecla Lava by P.E. Krichbaum.
The ash and scoriae of this volcano, containing Silicia, Alumina, Lime, Magnesia, some Oxide of Iron, and occasionally Anorthite and other minerals, triturated, was introduced as a medicine to the profession by Dr. J. Garth Wilkinson. Investigation revealed that the finer ash falling in more distant places had the most deleterious effects.
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Post mortem examinations in cows showed intestines filled with ashes hardened to a mass, the stomach coated over with a pitch black membrane spotted with brown and difficult to remove by washing, and the jaw teeth covered with a shining metallic crust. These facts from a letter written by Dr. Wilkinson, betray to us that the harm is done by these accumulations upon the mucous membrane and also by deposits within the capillaries and lymphatics. If artificial occlusion of the villi is thus induced, what diseased condition of the human economy may provoke a similar state of affairs?
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Naturally in our desire to perceive a clear cut picture of the Hecla patient, we are led to study the various types of people who develop these exostoses and bone tumors. Generally it is a constitution weakened by some adynamic disease, syphilis, or scrofula. Especially are we to consider the individual in whom there is a general slowing down of the circulation, the always cold patient, or the one who, owing to a sluggish, lymphatic system, is prone to develop lumps, and nodules. Any bone injury which destroys little capillaries, may awaken a train of Hecla symptoms. These patients suffer from chronic headaches. They have vertigo; here you find the impeded circulation, a red strand running through the entire symptomatology of Hecla, if you pause to analyze and translate the morbid effects. The vertigo may cause reeling as though the man was intoxicated. These fearful head pains are relieved by stimulants, alcohol, coffee, or tea, also a full, busy stomach gives temporary relief. Women with menstrual headaches will often declare that they like to go to the table. Digestion draws the blood from the brain and pressure is lifted. I do not say that Hecla will always cure this type of headache, but these conditions in our women patients frequently call for deep and careful investigation of many drugs. It is well to have a whole gallery of Remedy pictures; in a dark corner you may find Hecla.
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It is a Remedy of great worth here. When you find a polypoid growth beginning in the Antrum of Highmorii, and from thence spreading upward and downward, of immense size, with the face very sensitive to touch and pressure, aggravated by heat in general, though relieved by hot, wet applications, with the characteristic headache, Hecla should be studied.